Principal Sheryl Marceaux is opening a new elementary school for the second time in a decade. ...more

August 13, 2008

The pace of activity in the parking lot at Kimbell Elementary School was just as hectic as the unpacking taking place inside. ...more

August 13, 2008

TEMPLE CREST The pace of activity in the parking lot at Kimbell Elementary School was just as hectic as the unpacking taking place inside. Last week, teachers in jeans and sneakers pushed carts filled with colorful books and binders across the hot pavement toward the two-story building on North 46th Street. ...more

August 12, 2008

The tomato scare may be over, but it has taken a toll: It's cost the industry an estimated $100 million and left millions of people with a new wariness about the safety of everyday foods. ...more

July 19, 2008

A comment by his fourth-grade teacher has meant all the difference to Brad Brady. He overheard her exclaim how wonderful his performance in a school play was. "It was only one comment, and I wasn't supposed to hear it, but it has made a world of difference," he said. It spurred Brady to get his degree in theater education at the University of South Florida and to become the head of the theater department at Renaissance Academy, a private school in the New Port Richey area. ...more

July 2, 2008

The Social Security Administration recently updated their list of the most popular names for the year. It included such favorites as Emily and Elizabeth, and names I didn't know were popular, such as Hannah and Ava. ...more

June 26, 2008

The students at Wilson Elementary School are free from homework for the summer break, but the butterfly and vegetable garden they left behind will be a busy place while the children are gone. ...more

June 18, 2008

SEBRING — Highlands County teachers are learning a new way to teach reading. About 325 teachers are picking up new strategies at Hill-Gustat Middle School this week. The Florida Reading Initiative is "providing us not just philosophy and theory, but taking us through the steps of actually instructing quality reading," said District Director of Elementary Programs Joyce McClelland. "It's incredible; I cannot wait to implement everything that we've learned in my classroom," Park Elementary fourth-grade teacher Scott King said. ...more

June 17, 2008

A physical-education teacher who just finished his first year with the Hillsborough County School District was arrested Sunday on a charge of felony cocaine possession. ...more

June 17, 2008

TAMPA - A physical-education teacher who just finished his first year of employment with the Hillsborough County School District was arrested Sunday, charged with felony cocaine possession. ...more

June 16, 2008